Using relational reconstruction techniques developed in the Seeing Providence Chinatown project, each participant builds a virtual 3D space of care, based on a photo of their choosing, within an environment hosted on Mozilla Hubs.
Ancestral Memory Enclaves is facilitated by Jeffrey Yoo Warren and was first presented as part of CultureHub’s Re-Fest 2022 in partnership with AS220. Brandi Kinard assisted in facilitating Workshop 2. Work on multisensory reconstruction continues in collaboration with Ann Chen.
At the end of October 2022, Ann Chen and I hosted a week-long series of workshops at CultureHub in NYC, including an ancestral memory enclave workshop, while incorporating mask-making, speculative sound, and an in-person full-size projection space to the project. By embedding the sounds and VR scenes into headsets within the masks we crafted, each mask became a “memory portal” to access and experience that moment. Thanks again to Brandi Kinard for assistant-facilitating.
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Jeffrey Yoo Warren is an artist, community scientist, illustrator, and researcher in Providence, Rhode Island.